is the term "baby bump" degrading?

[meganew]

This doesn't even make sense. It's a bump caused by a baby. What do they want to call it? Enlarged abdomen caused by growing fetus.

[bania]

I've never been pregnant but I've never heard anyone say they were offended by that term.

[snickers]

I wouldn't think so.

[iamgrace]

No, this has never ocurred to me.

[game blouses]

Only if there's no baby in there.

[nightandday]

It's only offensive if you use it to describe someone who isn't pregnant.

[TrickyBob]

I'm not a fan of the term but it is in no way offensive. What else do you call it?

I feel bad for Kim when the news is all "look at her massive bump" or something like that. Way to make a pregnant chick feel worse about herself.

[rex]

Only if someone is calling the pregnant woman "huge" and using baby bump after it.

But no, it's not offensive.

[sonrisa]

Those ridiculous gossip rag "is she or isn't she" baby bump call outs are degrading to all of our intelligence (you know the ones I mean. Where it's probably just an unflattering outfit). But when there is clearly a baby in there? No problem.

[TrickyBob]

I found this;

The term “baby bump” has made annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness. And I say good riddance. I always found the term to be coy and overly cute. Like those maternity dresses from the fifties done up in bows and Peter Pan collars, there was something about it that was a bit infantilizing–as if by being cutsie about pregnancy we could forget what a woman actually did to get pregnant. Sex? The horror! I mean, what’s wrong with saying someone is pregnant, or showing?

Here are some of the letters from people nominating the phrase for banishment:

“I’m tired of a pregnancy being reduced to a celebrity accessory. Or worse, when less-than-six-pack abs are suspected of being one.” Afton, Portland, Oregon

I am so sick of that phrase! It makes pregnancy sound like some fun and in-style thing to do, not a serious choice made by (at the very least) the woman carrying the child.” Susan, Takoma Park, Maryland

“Why can’t we just use the old tried-and-true ‘pregnant?’ I never heard anyone complain about that description.” Eric, Poca, West Virginia.

Other words banished this year include amazing, shared sacrifice, occupy, man cave, blowback, the new normal, and ginormous.

[sonrisa]

Okay. So no "baby bump."

Today my "sex fueled orb of painful maternal gestation" was showing. 

[Deleted]

People just like to find things to be offended about because it gives them a sense of self importance when they really have none.

I also think its kind of a dumb cutesy term, but I can't really think of a better one, so whatever.

[TrickyBob]

When I get pregnant, I'm just going to tell everyone I have bloat and act insulted that they pointed it out. For 9 months.

[UMaineTeach]

May 19, 2013 17:58:02 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

“Why can’t we just use the old tried-and-true ‘pregnant?’ I never heard anyone complain about that description.” Eric, Poca, West Virginia.

Because, historically, we have always used 'pregnant'  never "with child" "in the family way" "in a delicate condition" or a million other euphemism for discussing such matters in polite company.

Also, baby bump refers to a specific aspect of being pregnant, so you can't replace "look at her baby bump" with "look at her pregnancy" anymore than you can replace "I have swollen breasts" with "I have swollen pregnancy"